Mr. Miller

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About The Teacher Label:


About The Teacher
I earned my bachelors degree in chemistry from the University of Florida in 1998. After five years of industry work, I returned to school, completing my teaching certification coursework at Southern Connecticut State University in 2004. I stayed at Southern, completing my MS in Environmental Education in May of 2009. I grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, lived four years in Gainesville, FL, lived three years in New York City and I have lived in various towns in southern Connecticut. My wife and I recently bought a house in Shelton, where we live with our daughter, who was born in 2007. I have been involved in education for several years. After moving to Connecticut, I booked speakers at colleges. In 2003, I changed course, working at Gateway Community College as a math, science and technology tutor. I also worked for Mad Science, bringing hands-on science activities to kids all over Fairfield and New Haven counties. I began my public school teaching career at West Haven High School where I taught chemistry, biology and freshman general science.

Mission Label:


Mission
Science is a particular way of looking at the world. Chemistry is a branch of science that uses ideas of matter and energy to explain how the physical world works. To truly understand chemistry means that one grasps theoretical concepts (how things work on paper) and uses laboratory investigations to test these concepts. As chemistry learners, students will use facts and ideas as tools, to explain, to prove, to predict. Our world is evolving in many ways, and society desperately needs inquisitive minds exploring and understanding these changes.